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Guidance

Vaccines and porcine gelatine

Leaflet describing how and why porcine gelatine is used in vaccines for immunisation programmes.

From:
UK Health Security Agency
Published
10 September 2015
Last updated
29 SeptemberJuly 20222025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Vaccines and porcine gelatine

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Vaccines and porcine gelatine flyer (print version)

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The issue of some vaccines that contain ingredients derived from pigs (in this case gelatine – known as ‘porcine’ gelatine) has concerned some faith groups. This leaflet provides information about vaccines that contain porcine gelatine and any alternatives that are available.

This leaflet is available for download only andusing isthe alsoproduct code 2025PGVEN.

Translations of this leaflets are available into thedownload followingin: languages:

Arabic, Bengali, Gujarati, Panjabi, and Urdu.

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Update history

2025-11-27 17:41
This has been updated to include the MMRV vaccine ProQuad® which contains porcine gelatine.

2025-08-26 16:45
The product codes for these resources have been updated to link to the new Find Public Health Resources website.

2025-07-29 14:37
updated with links to translations

2025-07-17 18:32
Updated with revised leaflet.

2022-09-29 09:56
Added rebranded flyer.